Word details

笑い話

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 笑い話.

Dictionary

Entry

笑い話らいばなしNounFreq #15965
1

funny story; funny anecdote

Examples
彼はおもしろい笑い話を無限に知っている。
He has an endless store of good jokes.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

laugh

10 strokesFrequency 913JLPT N2Grade 4

On

ショウ

Kun

わら.うえ.む

Nanori

えみ

tale, talk

13 strokesFrequency 134JLPT N4Grade 2

On

Kun

はな.すはなし

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